Learn essential strategies for maintaining Django applications during production evolution in this 32-minute PyCon US talk. Discover proven techniques for keeping applications running smoothly while implementing model refactoring, database migrations, partial feature deployments, and API contract changes. Explore practical approaches to safe migrations, feature flags and switches, and intermediary API contracts based on real-world team experiences. Access accompanying presentation slides for detailed implementation guidance and best practices for continuous deployment and release management of Django applications.